Improvement in clothes-pins or clasps



QAMos L.Y REE-PORTS; ANDv WILLIAM YoUNT, or LrrfrLnsroWN, PENNSYL- i ,yi venia.

To all whom it may concern; i

Be tknoivn thatfwe, AMosL. KEnPontrsand WILLIAM YOUNT, of Iiittlestown,in the county of ,Adamsand in the State ot'Pennsylvania, havev inventedcertain new and` useful Improvements in Olothes-Pins r `Olasps and dohereby declarethat-the following s a full, clear, and exactdescription'thereof, refer nce being had to the accompanying drawingmakingY n part` of this specilcatiou, in whichi Figure l is aperspectivevie-w lof our improved device;

f Figure 2` is alike view of a similar pin, provided lfwith alockingattachment; and f n f i `Figure 3 is cross-section ofthe` saineontheline `Letters of like nameaud kind refer to like parts in eachofthe figures. p

Our invention has for its object the production of an efficient,durable, and cheap spring clasp or pin for attaching clothes to ori upona line, for securing `teilti e fabrics together, or for attachingvarious articles to said fabrics; and n n i n It consists inthepeculiar` form and construction of `the device, substantially as and forthe purposehereinafter specified. i

able wire, and near its longitudinal center coil it around one or moretimes, so as to produce at that point the spiral spring B, from whencethat portion of the wire intended for the frame extends forward for,about one inch, is, coiled once around C in a plane ata right angle tosaid spring, passes forward `for about one-half inch', and is` thenturned downward for one inch in a curve, 1)of `'which said `spring isthe center; from rence passes` again outward for one-half inch, iscurved once around E in a plane corresponding. to lthe coil C, and fromthence ext-ends in a curve outward, jg forward, and inward, with its endresting against the onter portion ot' said coil `E at 4a right angle toits plane i n 4 r 1 The oppositearm of thewireis provided with a i;coil, ll", corresponding`in posi-tion to the coil C, and jfrom" thenceextending fin-ward is bent loosely (b) Paronndthe curved portion D, andfrom thence extends i in a curve, G, upward, forward, andthen downward,

In constructing our plus A we take a piece of suitlocking-coil I,substantially as and `IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-PINS .OR CLASPS.

`The Schedulei referred tol'n these lLetters Patent and making parl: othe same and terminates with `its sharpened end H resting as towithdrawthe pin H from its guard E, and per- .mit of the ,insertion offabrics between saidpn and guard, after which, by removing the -inwardpressure from the arms, the action of the spring B will spread themapartnntil said pin is caused to penetrate said fabric, and-its pointenters the guard with its arms resting against the lower end of saidcurved portion, in which position the device is lirmly held to or upon`the article to which it is attached.

In order that accidental displacement of the pin may be prevented, it isonly necessary that the i-ame at the lower end of the curved portion Dshould be extended outward and back, so as to form at one side an opencoil, I, that willreceive and contain the encircling portion b ofthepin-arm, and prevent the lat- `ter from moving upward upon said curvedpart D,

until, by a lateral movement, it has been released from saidlocking-coil;

A slight bend in the frame or pin-arm will canse'A the latter' to pressinto and remain within the lockingcoil unless intentionallyv releasedtherefrom.

- The device thus described is capable of'. use in any place where it isrequired to attach textile fabrics together, or to other articles, Vandfrom its construction can be furnished small cost. A

' Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits at a comparativelyof our invention,

lWhat we claim as new is l l As a new article of manufacture, the pin or-clasp A, constructed. as described, and provided with the for thepurpose specified. v

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 4th day of February, 1871.

A. L. KEEPORTS. Witnesses: WILLIAM YOUN T.

J. N. CHRIST, S. S. BISHOP.

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